Ten Years Later, Experiments with Clustering as a Software Remodularization Method

• Published in: 2009 16th Working Conference on Reverse Engineering p. 7
• Main Authors: Anquetil, N., Lethbridge, T.C.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01-10-2009
• Subjects: Clustering algorithms; Reverse engineering; Software algorithms
• ISBN: 9780769538679; 0769538673
• ISSN: 1095-1350; 2375-5369
• DOI: 10.1109/WCRE.2009.59

In this talk we will first review our research program that led to the paper which has been designated the most influential paper from WCRE 1999. The paper discussed a wide variety of aspects to be considered when clustering software, including formal and nonformal descriptive features, the types of links, the similarity metrics, the clustering algorithms themselves, as well as criteria to evaluation experimental results. In addition to presenting our results published in WCRE ten years ago, we will also take a look at some of our other work on this topic and follow the literature since then to see how others have built on our work, including at least 20 papers that directly cite our research. We will conclude by discussing opportunities that remain for future research.